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Notes from Arden
Do What You’re Told!
It could be argued that this is a play about authoritarianism — i.e. guidance on how to best live life by people who, armed with either a religious or political credo, claim to know better.
Featured Column
The Mad Russian and the Dane, Part 4: Erik
“In the balcony scene, which was very funny and very sweet, the balcony was too high to climb, but low enough that he had to try. He played Romeo as a shirt-tail boy who was always trying to keep his shirt tucked in and his hair slicked down. He put his back to an adjacent tree and his feet on the wall, and shinnied up the wall till he was beside her. But then in his eagerness and ardor, he leaned toward her, lost contact with the tree and fell kerplunk to the ground. It was lovely. ” — Neal Weaver
Got It Covered
“Well, now, after several weeks during which members rearranged their schedules to attend, the union abruptly postponed the meeting. According to a letter, posted on the AEA website, from Executive Director Mary McColl, the cancellation is due to members in different cities not receiving in time the e-mails about the meeting (the national meeting was to be webcast from locations around the country).” –BY PAUL BIRCHALL
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Around Town
“Diane loved living large. She loved being the bridge, the connector. She loved people to thrive. She loved to support artists. She loved to have a great laugh.”
The Summer of our (Dis)Content
Our Town
The Stage Raw Theater Awards Are Here
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES OF THE STAGE RAW THEATER AWARDS. Talk about “I can’t get no respect.” Rodney Dangerfield aside, the L.A. Weekly dumped its theater awards (honoring L.A.’s intimate theaters) after 36 years. Then the actors/stage managers’ union Actors Equity Association marches into town with a plan to decimate the availability of union actors to those same theaters. But the community is pushing back in a big way, and so is Stage Raw. Using most of the L.A. Weekly’s awards jury, Stage Raw announces its first Stage Raw Los Angeles Theater Awards, honoring excellence in theaters of up to 99 seats. BY STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS